Carter, sidelined for 10 games earlier this season, separated his shoulder in a 7-4 loss at Anaheim on Sunday. Wisniewski missed his fifth game with an injured left ankle and is expected to miss several more weeks.

Neither team sustained offensive pressure in the scoreless first, although Crawford and Sanford each made a couple of close-in saves.

Marian Hossa set up Bolland's short-handed goal at 4:12 of the second to open the scoring.

Hossa stole the puck from Columbus defenceman Nikita Nikitin at centre ice, then drove down the right wing boards. He dished to Bolland in the slot, who beat Sanford with a stickhandling move and a shot that clanked in off the right post.

Umberger tied it at one on a rebound from the edge of the crease at 7:54 after Crawford stopped David Savard's shot from the point.

Stalberg made it 2-1 with 4:31 left in the second. After getting open in the slot, he took Patrick Kane's feed from behind the net and beat Sanford with a low shot.

Stalberg's second goal, scored during a delayed penalty call at 6:32 of the third, made it 3-1. He flipped a rebound over Sanford's shoulder after Sanford had blocked Brent Seabrook's drive from the blue line.

Smith extended it to 4-1 just 27 seconds later when he drove down the left wing against Columbus defenceman Marc Methot and backhanded a rising shot over Sanford's shoulder.

Vermette cut it to 4-2 at 8:32 following a scramble in front of the Chicago net. He slid in a shot just beyond Crawford's outstretched right pad.

Stalberg completed the scoring on an empty-net goal with 1:40 left to finish his hat trick.

Notes: Richards coached the Minnesota Wild from 2009-11, compiling a 77-71-16 record. . Chicago captain Jonathan Toews went to the dressing room after being struck in the helmet with a deflected shot early in the first, but returned midway through the period. . Chicago LW Daniel Carcillo sat out his fourth game of a seven-game suspension. . Blackhawks C Markus Kruger missed his seventh game with a concussion. . Columbus C Mark Letestu (hand) missed his third game and was placed on IR. LW Tomas Kubalik was recalled from Springfield of the AHL to take his place.